TRAVEL MEMOIRS

An Emotional Pilgrimage to the Site of My Grandparents' Suffering

An emotionally draining yet necessary travel experience

Ash Jurberg
Published in
5 min readFeb 15, 2024

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A Holocaust survivor in a wheelchair with a woman standing. They are watching Jewish youth playing in the death camp Auschwitz,
Photo by Josh Appel on Unsplash

The warmth of the spring sunshine couldn't thaw the chill in my heart as I walked the grounds where my grandparents endured endless suffering decades ago. Auschwitz was never spoken of at home; the name…

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